12 punny beers: brewse our hopped-up list of awesome wit-ticisms

Brewers have a lot in common with your Dad: they love beer as much as they love really corny jokes. Especially puns. Bad puns. Perusing the beer store can be like being at open-mic night at a bad comedy club, and we love it. So we rounded up 12 of our favorites.

Tart of Darkness (5.6% ABV) - The Bruery (Placentia, CA) Conrad would be proud of this American wild (savage?) ale, which... how did that book go again? OK, so I never got around to reading it. Sorry, Ms. Hadley.

Mash of the Titans (8.3% ABV) -Odell Brewing Company (Fort Collins, CO) This one's a sweet stout with some seriously great production values and, fortunately, no super-annoying owl.

For Those About to Bock (6.1% ABV) - Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, OR) We salute this bock (that's another word for a strong lager) that isn't exactly done dirt cheap, but will definitely leave you thunderstruck.

Fermentation without Representation (8% ABV) - Epic Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, UT) Weirdly not made in DC, this ale from Utah-based Epic combines all of the American colonists' favorite things into one beer: chocolate, marshmallow, vanilla, pumpkin pie, coffee, squash, and drawn-out lists of things.

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HE'BREW's Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. (10% ABV) - Shmaltz Brewing Company (San Francisco, CA/New York, NY) In a fitting tribute to the late comedian Lenny Bruce, the effects of this rye-tinged American double IPA may get you tried for obscenity.

Me, My Spelt, and Rye (4.5% ABV) - Cambridge Brewing Company (Cambridge, MA) This one's been imitated over and over, but nothing comes close to the original.